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ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) this morning released its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for April. The agency lifted its estimate on U.S....
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Thinkstock Privately held agribusiness giant Cargill today reported that net earnings for the company’s third fiscal quarter ending in February fell 42% year-over-year to $445 million. Sequentially...
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ThinkstockGet ready for lower gold and silver prices! That is what Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) is telling its clients to expect in 2013 and in 2014. In a research note on Tuesday, Deutsche Bank cut...
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ThinkstockAlcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is an overrated stock, and even the company itself might admit that its global importance is perhaps a bit of a stretch. Wall St. tries each quarter to use the company...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has sent a proposal to President Obama spelling out the details of a sale of as much as 400,000 tons of surplus sugar to U.S. ethanol makers. Sugar prices...
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ThinkstockAlcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) has just kicked off earnings season for the companies reporting their first quarter earnings this April. The aluminum giant usually holds off on formal guidance until...
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ThinkstockRising stockpiles of virtually every commodity had led to a sharp drop in long-dated noncommercial (speculative) futures. Slowing growth in the United States and elsewhere is getting the...
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thinkstockJana Partners said this morning that it “appears” as if two of its candidates have been elected to the board of directors of fertilizer maker Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU). Jana, a U.S. hedge...
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ThinkstockAlcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) is set to kick off first-quarter earnings trends today, and this will mark the start of earnings season. Investors and traders have for years tried to tie in this Dow...
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ThinkstockDrought conditions in the U.S. have improved somewhat from last year, but much of the Midwest, from the Dakotas to Texas, continues to suffer from moderate to exceptional drought....
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ThinkstockArgus offers investors what is generally considered to be truly independent research. The firm has none of the possible conflicts of interest that you might see from traditional Wall St....
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ThinkstockMining for gold and other metals is a messy business. In some cases, the public might just want to think of it like boudin because no one wants to know how it comes together. Now we have...
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thinkstockMonsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) reported second-quarter fiscal 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The fertilizer and seed maker reported adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of...
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ThinkstockTo call Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) a battered stock or a controversial stock would be the understatement of the year. This is supposed to be America’s only answer to the rare earth...
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ThinkstockIt’s that time of year again. Yup, U.S. farmers are getting started on planting corn, but cool weather and wet ground are slowing down an early start, at least in some states. Louisiana...
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